The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-05-12
THE AMERICAN DERBY
RUN AT LOUISVILLE YESTERDAY.
An Exciting Evont on tho Turf Mt the Falls
City, with Seven starters-sIontrose
Wins by Three Lengths, Leaving
tho Fnvorite In Third Place.

LOUISVILLE, KY, May 1.-The bay col
Mentrose, tho son Of the Duke OF Mon
trose, dam Patti, wins the great Kentuck,
Derby. 1t was not great race, but Il
was a pretty ono. The time, 2:30}, maker
a poor comparison with Beu Ali's last
year, when tho latter lowered the Derby
record to 2:363, after magnificent con.
test, but 1t Is not bad. Tho weather in
tho morning looked a little threatening
and at . o'clock slight shower fell. II
lasted only a'few minutes though, and
did not affect the track in tho leaat.
The first race was for maiden two year
olds, fve.eighths Of Ia mile. CAST Steel
won. Time l:034. The second race. one
and one.fourth .miles, was won handily by
Montana Regent in 1:11t. The next race
was the big event OF the day, the Derby,
the diatance one milo and half. neyen
starters. Banburg ridden by Black, ia.
Goblin by stoval, Clarion by Arnold, Mont.
rose by Lewis, Pendennis by Murphy,
Jim Gore by Fitzpatrick. A good start
was made. Jacobin led of, followed close
by Banyan and Montrose with tho royt In
q bunch. As they Bwerved into the
stretch Banyan leaped to the front, Mont.
rose maintained good second and Jaco-
bin third. Down tho stretch the whole Of
them closed up beautifully, ,Montrose keep.
ing well to the front all the time, As thew
came down past the grand stand great
shout arose as they lsw by in ths order
named: Montrese, Jacobin, Banburp,
Bauyan, Jim Gore, Pendennis and Clarion.
Jim Gore seemed to be taking things
easily, maintaining bis position past the
quarter, where Montrose still lead, Banyan
second, and the other son OF King Banyan
third. 'Pendennis was sixth, and Jacobin
had dropped back to last plBce. At the
end ol the mile positions we're not mater.
tally changed. Jim Gore seemed to fslter
but gathered hiuself up and moved up to
third place at tho three quarter pole.
There Montrose still led Banyan alongside
Of Gore, and Banburg second. They
whirled into the stretch and Fitzpatrick
was seen to be urging the popular son Of
Hindoo.
AB they came around the turn Panden.
mis- threw up his tail and gave ND, He
seemed to be clear out of form and ran a
miserable race from the beginning to the
end. Montrose still led to the aurprise Of
all. Fitzpatrick had been instructed to
win with Jim Gore if he had to kill the
colt, and as he laid on the laah in the
stretch the horse was plainly eeen to be
limping. Lewis gave Montrose the rein,
as it was nip and tuck between the two
ior moment, but the former
held on nobly and passed IN.
der the string winner by two lengths,
Jim Gore second. He had led with sp.
parent ease from the grand stand without
the touch Of whip and looked able to 20
another quarter. Jacobin was third, Ban.
burg, the favorite, fourth, Clarion fifth,
Banyan sixth and Pendennis laet. Jim
Gore was limping terribly at the finish.
1t is thought he will never be able 10 start
again. AlontroBe. is owned by Lsbold
Brothers, OF Cincinnati, and was bred by
Milton Young at the McGrathian stud.
The time. was 1891. The timers were
v. s. Barnes, Ed. Corrigsn and +. G.
1uUUlAH,